Bechtel is a German surname.

Notable people with this surname include the following:

• Amy Wroe Bechtel (born 1972), American woman who has been missing since 1997
• Bruce Bechtel (born 1955), American race-car driver
• Jim Bechtel (born c. 1952), American cotton farmer and poker player
• Gabriella Leigh Bechtel (born 1997), known professionally as Gabbriette, American model and musician
• Kenneth K. Bechtel (1904–1978), American industrialist, son of Warren Bechtel
• Louise Seaman Bechtel (1894–1985), American author, editor, and critic
• Riley P. Bechtel (born 1952), American industrialist, chairman and CEO of the Bechtel Corporation, great-grandson of Warren Bechtel
• Stephen Bechtel Jr. (1925–2021), co-owner of the Bechtel Corporation, grandson of Warren Bechtel
• Stephen Bechtel Sr. (1900–1989), American industrialist, president of the Bechtel Corporation and son of Warren Bechtel
• Warren A. Bechtel (1872–1933), American industrialist, founder of the Bechtel Corporation
• William Bechtel (contemporary), American professor of philosophy

• Bechtel, an American company founded by Warren A. Bechtel (see above)

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